The Home Server Show 22 – Windows Home Server Team Interview

The Home Server Show 22 – Windows Home Server Team Interview
CJ Saretto, Mark Pendergrast, Brendan Grant, and Jonas Svensson of the Windows Home Server team took time out of their schedule right before PDC2008 to talk to us.
YouTube Comments – View the comments here.
Wish List Addition – My PS3 and PVConnect will stream the AVI [...]

Electronic House: Is your Media Server Secure?

I ran across an article in Electronic House that that asks its readers, “Is your media safe?”  It’s a nice read about the HP Media Smart Server.  More after the click.

HP MediaSmart Server RAM Upgrade Hi Resolution Photos

I was performing a RAM upgrade on a customers EX470 and thought I would share a few photos of the process.  This is not necessarily a tutorial.  It’s more of a detailed look inside the server and it’s parts.  Take a look, download, and zoom in on some of them.  Each file averages about 4 [...]

The Home Server Show 21 – News and Security Updates

Show 21 has tons of news, a security update, and a sneak peek of a 3 part post that is upcoming.
Links and News Items mentioned on the show
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-067, Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)
A new user’s guide to Windows Home Server. Story Here.
Add-In: Update [...]

The PS3 now plays AVCHD files via PVConnect with version 2.50 for the PS3.

Hooray!
Sony has released the 2.50 firmware update for the PS3 and I can again stream my Hi-Def camcorder files to the PS3 without any mux’ing, remuxing, TSMux’ing, etc.
Canon HG10 —> Windows Home Server —> PVConnect —> PS3
Happy times are here again!

Streaming music from Windows Home Server to the Denon AVR3808CI/4808CI

The Denon Company

If you are in the market for a new receiver you might want to consider a new Denon.  Besides being a fantastic multi-zone, multi-source receiver it also has an Ethernet port which enables you to stream music and playlists to it. Click More for the entire review.

The Home Server Show 20 – Denon AVR3808CI

Today we go over listener e-mail, news and the Ethernet enabled Denon AVR-3808CI.
News
Keep track of your bandwidth usage with Windows Home Server
Icy Dock MB454SPF-B 4-Bay hot swappable Hard Drive Module
Add-In: LightsOut 0.7.7
Add-In: My Movies for Windows Home Server
The Media Center Show Interview of My Movies author Brian Binnerup
Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher [...]

KeepVault releases updated pricing structure

KeepVault has even more news today.  They have announced a new pricing structure as well as discounts for existing subscribers.  Existing subscribers will be able to get the 100GB plan for $79 while new subs will be able to sign up for $99.  Existing subscribers hang on, there is more.

Add-In Update: KeepVault for Windows Home Server releases new version

KeepVault for Windows Home Server has released a new version of its online backup service.

Is your home built Windows Home Server ugly? Dell server hardware for $200

Dell Small Business has a basic PowerEdge SC440 server for $200 + $20 S/H = $220.
Specifications after the click.

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